According to the Ohio Department of Education, teacher salaries vary widely across the state. Data collected by the education department for statewide salaries in the 2008-2009 school year showed that teachers generally earn less in rural school districts than in urban and suburban districts. In addition, teachers who take on extra responsibilities outside the classroom earn more annually. For example, teachers who also serve as coaches earned more.

State-Mandated Salaries

As part of the Ohio Revised Code, the state's laws on the books, a minimum salary schedule for teachers is set. The schedule takes into consideration the years of service and education level of the individual teacher. In addition, active military service is counted as years of service when calculating salary. Eight months of continuous active military service counts as one full year in the salary schedule calculations. The local board of education can decide to increase the minimum salary schedule but cannot decrease the amounts.

Beginning Minimums

Statewide, the minimum salary schedule for an Ohio teacher with a bachelor's degree and zero years of service is $20,000. Teachers with five years of training who have yet received a master's degree should receive a minimum of $20,760 under the statewide schedule. For teachers with a master's degree or higher, the starting salary must be at least $21,900. Of course, salaries increase as experience increases.

Experience Counts

According to the Ohio statewide salary schedule for teachers, an individual with a bachelor's degree and five years of experience should receive a minimum salary of $23,800. For those with five years of training and five years of experience the minimum set salary is $24,560. Teachers with five years of experience holding a master's degree or higher are entitled to $26,700. At 10 years of experience the minimums increase to $27,600, $29,360 and $31,500, respectively. However, most all school districts across the state pay teachers more than the minimums.

District Variations

The Ohio Education Association offers a compiled report of salary data for 2010-2011 that shows salaries from individual school districts across that state. Salaries varied among districts that were in the same county. For example, teachers with a minimum bachelor's degree in the Village of Ada district earned $31,234. In Harding Northern Local, teachers with the same level of education earned $29,176. In the Kenton City district, the comparable salary was $32,463, and in the Ridgemont Local, $28,528. All these school districts are in Hardin County.